New ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 5 Poster Confirms One Big Story
It’s clear that dragons are coming, but that’s not even the biggest reveal in HBO’s new “Game of Thrones” Season 5 poster. The image shows Tyrion aboard a ship looking…
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On Vietnamese Television, Tradition Meets Satire Every Lunar New Year’s Eve
HANOI, Vietnam — The Kitchen Gods were asked by the emperor’s assistant: “What curves gently?” The gods wore flowing robes fit for mandarins in a 17th-century royal court. But they…
On Vietnamese Television, Tradition Meets Satire Every Lunar New Year’s Eve
HANOI, Vietnam — The Kitchen Gods were asked by the emperor’s assistant: “What curves gently?” The gods wore flowing robes fit for mandarins in a 17th-century royal court. But they…
University Of Texas Investigating ‘Border Patrol’ Frat Party
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A University of Texas fraternity is under investigation following complaints about how Hispanics were portrayed during a weekend party, university officials said Tuesday. – Complaints filed…
Rory Kennedy’s ‘Last Days Of Vietnam’ Draws Attention To A ‘Very Dark Moment In Our Nation’s History’
Rory Kennedy’s “Last Days Of Vietnam,” an Oscar contender in this year’s Best Documentary category, zeros in on the final events of the Vietnam War, highlighting the often overlooked fall…
Video Shows Fatal Crush at Stadium in Egypt
Open Source By ROBERT MACKEY Video recorded on Sunday outside a soccer stadium in Cairo, where at least 19 fans were killed in a fatal crush before a match, appears…
Pro golf pioneer Billy Casper dies at age 83
The PGA posted news of Casper’s death as well, describing him as “one of the most prolific PGA TOUR winners in history and long considered among the sport’s finest putters.”…
UVA Students Say Banning Sorority Members From Frat Parties Is ‘Dangerous’
Many students at the University of Virginia think banning sorority members from attending parties celebrating the end of fraternity recruitment this weekend could backfire on the national sorority organizations that…
Why You’re Probably Lying To Yourself – And How To Stop It
Your internal dialogue may be the loudest voice you hear most of your waking hours. It is the real-time, real-language conversation you have with yourself every moment of every day,…
UVA Sororities Stick To Hated Ban On This Weekend’s Frat Parties
National offices for 16 sororities on Thursday declared they would not back down from their deeply unpopular directive forbidding University of Virginia sorority members from attending this weekend’s fraternity parties….
No, Hillary Clinton didn’t go to Canada with 65 Secret Service agents
Poll: Clinton clobbers potential GOP foes – Because Clinton is a former first lady and secretary of state, she regularly travels with a cadre of agents who protect her wherever…
Kofi Annan: Leaders in Davos must act now to confront global issues
The horrific events in Paris and northern Nigeria have underlined again how troubled and fragmented our world is. Religious extremism and sectarianism is fueling terrorism and widespread conflict which has…
Why It’s Easier To Remember Emotional Events
When we experience a highly emotional time in our lives — such as a wedding or break-up, childbirth or even major historical events like 9/11 — we tend to remember…
#ReclaimMLK: Activists Nationwide Follow In MLK’s Footsteps To Protest Racial Injustice
Martin Luther King Jr. Day held special significance for many this year, as people across the country came out to volunteer, march and celebrate the civil rights leader’s legacy on…
Heavy clashes erupt outside Yemen presidential palace
The roads were closed as a security measure after the presidential chief of staff was abducted in Sanaa last week. Yemen described the unfolding events as a bid to seize…
One month without a Hillary Clinton headliner
Clinton’s spokesman has said for the last two weeks that the former secretary of state’s public schedule would be quiet, and it won’t be until Jan. 21the day after President…
Welcome to 2015, where it’s all about 2016
A flurry of official entrances into the race could come this springwith all eyes on Hillary Clinton on the Democratic side, and Republicans looking at a wide-open field that includes…
Joni’s June event: Bikes and a pig roast
Ernst’s political action committee, the Jobs, Opportunity and New Ideas or JONI PAC, has sent out a save-the-date for what is certain to become one of the premiere political events…
19 events worth traveling for in 2015
Whether you’re a lover of the arts, a sports fan or just looking for a fantastic party, here are 19 global events worth hitting the road for next year. Elvis’s…
Charlie Hebdo terror: Why attack strikes France to core
A picture of French journalists on the roof of Charlie Hebdo’s offices sounded the first alarm. They had taken shelter from three armed men who had just opened fire against…
No weddings, no funerals: China decrees new rules when singing national anthem
A series of rules proposed by the government will set strict limits on when, where and how “March of the Volunteers”the anthem of the People’s Republic since 1949can be performed,…